As TheUrbanative approaches its tenth year, we have been returning to our archive with curiosity. Familiar pieces were revisited through colour, new materials and evolving craft techniques, revealing how even the smallest shift can open an entirely new chapter in a design’s story. Reimagining connects the past, grounds the present and shapes the future. At least that is how things have been unfolding in the studio lately. During this year's Cape Town Furniture Week, inside th

Design in our studio rarely arrives quietly. It tends to show up after a long period of poking, questioning, pulling things apart and asking the same irritating question again and again: what happens if we try it this way instead? The newly launched Wadi Screen is the result of that ongoing interrogation at TheUrbanative. If you follow our work you might remember the earlier Nasara Screens, which explored steel and cord weaving. Those pieces set the foundation. The Wadi Scre